英语词汇“confide”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

confideconfide /kənˈfaɪd/ ●○○ verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYconfide

Origin: 1400-1500 Latin confidere, from com- + fidere to trust

VERB TABLE

confide

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	confide
	he, she, it	confides
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	confided
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have confided
	he, she, it	has confided
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had confided
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will confide
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have confided

Continuous Form
Present	I	am confiding
	he, she, it	is confiding
	you, we, they	are confiding
Past	I, he, she, it	was confiding
	you, we, they	were confiding
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been confiding
	he, she, it	has been confiding
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been confiding
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be confiding
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been confiding

1to tell someone you trust about personal things that you do not want other people to know: confide something to somebody Stella confided the truth to her best friend.confide (that) Ted confided that he was having a relationship with someone from work.confide to somebody (that) Connie had confided to Michele that her marriage was in trouble.2literary to give something you value to someone you trust so that he or she can take care of it for you: confide something to somebody Walter confided the money to his brother’s safekeeping during the war. [Origin: 1400–1500 Latin confidere, from com- + fidere to trust]confide in somebody phrasal verb to tell someone about something very private or secret, especially a personal problem, because you feel you can trust him or her: Marian never really felt able to confide in her sister Amelia.confide in somebody that Val confided in me that she was pregnant.